Poetry Pathfinder
"For poems are not, as people think, simply emotions (one has emotions early enough)—they are experiences."
—Rainer Maria Rilke

Circulating Books

Books on poetry are located in the 800 section. You can locate a book by typing in the name of your poem or poet into the online catalog.
Here is a general idea of where you may locate books on your poem:

• 808.1.....General Poetry Collections
• 811........Individual American Poets
• 811.54...Criticism of American Poets
• 821........English Poetry

Reference Books

The following books are located in the reference section.

• R808.1 DEU .....Poetry Handbook: A dictionary of Terms
• R809.1 Gale .....Poetry Criticism
• R809.1 GRE ....Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry
• R809.1 MAS ....Masterplots II Poetry Series
• R809.1 Poetry ..Poetry for Students
• R809.1 Critical..Critical Survey of Poetry
• R809.1 World... World Poets
• R821.9 Poets... Poets American & British
• R821.9 CON.....Contemporary Poets
• R821.91 HAM...Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry

Databases

• Biography in Context: Provides an overview of the poet's life and various articles on the poet.
• Biography Reference Center: Biographical information on famous people.
• Bloom's Literary Reference Center: Extensive collection of biographies, overviews, and criticisms.
• Literary Reference Center: Provides articles on Poets and their works. Trial database.
• Contemporary Literary Criticism: Part of the Gale Resources. Provides literary criticism articles for the authors' works.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library: Collection of reference e-books.
• Literature Resource Center: Provides literary works, overviews and criticisms
• Literature Resources from Gale: Research authors, literary movements and genres
• Literary Reference Center: Provides information on authors and their works.
• Scribner's Writers Online: Literary e-book collection
• Twayne's Author's Series: Provides essays on the poet's works.

Web Portals

• Smoop Poetry
• Poets' Corner
• Library of Congress Poetry Center
• Bartleby Verse: Seach for American and English poetry
• Favorite Poem Project: Americans saying their favorite poem
• Poets.org: Academy of American Poets
• BBC Poetry: Poems to Watch and Hear
• The Poetry Foundations
• Poetry Archive: Hear poets reading their work
• Poet Links
• American Verse Project: Searchable collection of poetry created by the University of Michigan